Catheter deadspace: A source of error during tonometry

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 337-341

  Steverink, P J G M ^a   Kolkman, J J ^b   Groeneveld, A B J ^b   De Vries, J W ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airway, deadspace; Carbon dioxide, partial pressure; Monitoring, tonometry

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CALCULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID; TIME; TONOMETRY;

EID: 0031906752     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/80.3.337     Document Type: Article

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